Country size comparison

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Connecticut is about 9 times smaller than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, making Connecticut 10.67% the size of Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (2.6 million fewer people live in Connecticut).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Connecticut uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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